Karl Roberson Steps Up On Short Notice To Fight Glover Teixeira at UFC Brooklyn

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first event
with new broadcast partner ESPN+ has been plagued with injuries,
but one fight at least will go on with a late replacement.

On Thursday, it was reported that Ion
Cutelaba had withdrawn from his light heavyweight main card
bout with Glover
Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 due to an undisclosed injury. Only
nine days out from the event, that left the bout in some jeopardy,
but the UFC announced on Friday that Karl
Roberson had agreed to step in on short notice and fight
Teixeira.

Meanwhile, 39-year old former title challenger Teixeira has
alternated wins and losses in his last six bouts dating back to
2016. Most recently, he dropped a decision to Corey
Anderson at UFC Fight Night 134, then withdrew from a scheduled
bout with Jimi Manuwa
in September due to a shoulder injury.

UFC on ESPN+ 1, also known as UFC Fight Night 143, is headlined by
a flyweight title fight between flyweight champ Henry
Cejudo and bantamweight kingpin T.J.
Dillashaw on Jan. 19, 2019 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,
New York. Co-headlining the inaugural ESPN+ event will be a
heavyweight slugfest between Greg Hardy
and Allen
Crowder.